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Dr Daniel Kibirige

Position:                                Lecturer

Discipline:                             Hydrology

Centre:                                   Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR)

School:                                   School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Campus:                                 Agriculture Campus

Room no./Building:              Room 241x Rabie Saunders Building

Telephone:                             +27 33 260 5460

Email:                                      kibiriged@ukzn.ac.za

 

Biography 

Dr Daniel Kibirige has 9 years of experience in local, national and international water and environmental management projects. His expertise is in understanding spatial and temporal assessments of various hydrological & hydrogeological processes in various climates. In addition, he has a strong background in GIS, remote sensing applications, flood prediction & climate modelling, precision agriculture research and land and remediation projects.

Qualifications

PhD Earth Sciences (University of Miskolc), M.Sc. Water Resource Engineering (Lund University), B.Sc. Water and Sanitation Cum Luade (University of Limpopo)

Current Research Projects

  • May 2023 – Present, ” Soils4Africa, H2020 project”, ISRIC and partners, Researcher [EU funded: 2023]
  • April 2023 – Present, ” Development of an Operational Flood Monitoring System/ Flood Risk Information System – 2023/2024-01256″, Water Research Commission, South Africa, Principal Investigator/Project Leader [WRC Funded: 2023-2026]
  • Feb 2023 – Present, “Training of Agricultural Teachers in various domains”, Université Nationale d’Agriculture (UNA) in partnership with University of KwaZulu Natal, Benin, Academic/Facilitator [Benin Govt Funded: 2022-2025]
  • April 2022 – Present, “Adding surface water groundwater interaction dimension in runoff generation studies and catchment water management practices using isotope tracers”, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, Water Research Commission: 2022-2023-00892, Researcher/Academic Supervisor [WRC Funded: 2022-2025]
  • November 2021 Present, Applications of isotope hydrology for management of water-related operational challenges in abandoned and active coal mines in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa “”, CRP F33026 International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Secondary Chief Investigator /Academic Supervisor [IAEA Funded: 2021-2024]

Recently Completed Projects (2020-23)

  • Feb 2023 – Mar 2023, “Erasmus + Research Mobility ICM (Grant No.: 20/1/KA107IN/077935/STT-011) 2023, European Union, Project Leader of UKZN delegation [EU Funded: 2023]

Hobbies and Interests

Watching sports and travelling

Five recent publications

  • Kibirige, D.; Dobos, E. Off-site calibration approach of EnviroScan capacitance probe to assist operational field applications. Water, 2021, 13(6), 837 https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060837
  • Kibirige, D.; Dobos, E. Estimation of surface soil moisture by integrating environmental data and remote-sensing satellites. Multidiszciplináris tudományok, 2021, 11:1, pp 22-37 https://doi.org/10.35925/j.multi.2021.1.3
  • Kibirige, D.; Dobos, E. Estimation of soil moisture using Sentinel 1 SAR imagery and citizen observatory data in winter wheat crop. Technical Publications of Earth Sciences, University of Miskolc 89:1 pp 93-99, 2020, HU ISSN 2063-5508.
  • Kibirige, D.; Dobos, E. Evaluation of multiple linear regression technique for soil moisture mapping. Technical Publications of Earth Sciences, University of Miskolc 89:1 pp 100-106, 2020, HU ISSN 2063-5508.
  • Kibirige, D.; Dobos, E. Soil Moisture Estimation Using Citizen Observatory Data, Microwave Satellite Imagery, and Environmental Covariates. Water, 2020, 12, 2160. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12082160